Strip of needle lace with dots, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Regular pattern of dots, which are formed by circular meshes with cordon, on a fine hexagonal mesh. The pattern on the underside consists of one fine, round flower with a wheel picot in the heart, interspersed with little ovals. The stems of the flowers point vertically upwards and curl at the end. The ovals are filled with decorative ground, alternating with and without (paddle) picots. The mesh ground between the flowers and ovals is finer than the mesh ground with dots above it. The top is trimmed
Strip of needle lace with dots, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Regular pattern of dots, which are formed by circular meshes with cordon, on a fine hexagonal mesh. The pattern on the underside consists of one fine, round flower with a wheel picot in the heart, interspersed with little ovals. The stems of the flowers point vertically upwards and curl at the end. The ovals are filled with decorative ground, alternating with and without (paddle) picots. The mesh ground between the flowers and ovals is finer than the mesh ground with dots above it. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge. At the bottom, an arc border connects the flowers and ovals described above., anonymous, unknown, c. 1750 - c. 1799, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 178 cm × w cm ×, cm
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